Posted by Mike Dennis on June 30, 2015 at 23:04:45 user MTD.
In Reply to: More news about the plot posted by Adam Quinan on June 29, 2015 at 17:40:11:
Thanks Adam, unfortunately it seems to confirm all my worst fears about the project.
This paragraph alone shows how the production company seem to have little understanding of the book and its plot
"The story follows four children dreaming of an escape from the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… As they battle for ownership of the island, they learn the skills of survival and the value of friendship, which helps prepare them for the real danger they must face from the adult world."
One of the joys of reading the book as a child was the relationship the Walkers and Blacketts had with their close adult relations. The idea that the summer holiday was, for the Walkers, tedious is a nonsense.
As for the other plot changes Variety reports, it makes it sound more like a film of one of the Famous Five novels of Blyton - cardboard characters chasing after a spy!
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